Kowada Station

Kowada Station
小和田駅
Kowada Station
Location
Prefecture Shizuoka
(See other stations in Shizuoka)
City Hamamatsu
Ward Tenryū
Neighborhood etc. Misakubo-cho Okuryoke 14
Postal Code 431 - 4101
(in Japanese) 浜松市天竜区水窪町奥領家44
History
Year opened 1936
Rail services
Operator(s) Central Japan Railway Company
Line(s) Iida Line
Statistics 5 passengers/day 2008
There are no bus services at this station

Kowada Station (小和田駅 Kowada-eki?) is a train station on the Iida Line in Tenryū-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The station is located in an isolated area near the border of Shizuoka Prefecture with Nagano and Aichi and is not accessible by road. The nearest road (towards Sakuma Dam) is a 40-50 minute walk. It is located 83.8 rail kilometers from the southern terminus of the Iida Line at Toyohashi Station.

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Station history

Kowada Station was established on December 30, 1936 as the terminal station of the now-defunct Sanshin Railway. On August 1, 1943, the Sanshin Railway was nationalized along with several other local lines to form the Iida line. All freight services were discontinued in December 1971 and the station has been unmanned since February 1984. Along with the division and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control and operation of the Central Japan Railway Company.

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Layout

Kowada Station is an unmanned station with a single elevated side platform, and a small wooden station building. Until 2008, the station had dual opposed side platforms, but one platform has since been discontinued.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Iida Line
Limited Express "Inaji" (特急「伊那路」): no stop
Ōzore   Local (普通)   Nakaisamurai

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